Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$14,363.92

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$14,363.92

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$197.77 with Texas Health Network vs $12,927.53 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $197.77 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $201.81 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $201.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $201.81 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $201.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $204.83 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $204.83 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $204.83 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $204.83 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $208.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $221.22 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $221.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $221.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $221.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $221.99 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $252.26 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $501.04 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $577.94 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $861.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $861.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $861.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $861.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $861.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $878.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $929.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $978.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,528.05 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,901.51 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,447.34 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $3,677.24 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $3,677.24 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $5,027.37 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,745.57 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,176.49 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $6,463.76 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $6,463.76 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,655.97 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,900.16 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,900.16 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $8,618.35 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $8,618.35 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,618.35 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,618.35 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,618.35 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,336.55 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $10,772.94 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $11,491.14 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $11,491.14 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,778.41 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,209.33 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,209.33 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12,927.53 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $12,927.53 ↓ -10%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,863.00 $191.72 – $6,135.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,197.95 $201.81 – $2,747.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,048.36 $314.76 – $3,072.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,742.65 $201.81 – $3,428.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,197.95 $201.81 – $2,747.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,048.36 $215.94 – $3,072.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,048.36 $201.81 – $3,072.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,742.65 $201.81 – $4,113.98

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